Ford also is preparing the industry's first luxury brand truck,
the Lincoln Blackwood, which should reach dealers late next summer - well ahead of Cadillac and all other competitors.
(But come to think of it,
the Lincoln Blackwood and MKT aren't around anymore.)
Ford Motor Co. recently unveiled the production model of
the Lincoln Blackwood, a sport - utility / truck hybrid vehicle that was introduced as a concept car at the 1999 Detroit auto show.
As rumored and denied, speculated and denied, and whispered and denied, Cadillac says just fibbin», it will have a hybrid sport - utility vehicle / pickup to compete with
the Lincoln Blackwood.
That group includes models such as the AM General Hummer Open Top 4WD ($ 97,806), BMW X5 4.6 is Sport Activity Vehicle AWD ($ 66,200), Cadillac Escalade SUV AWD ($ 51,235), Land Rover Range Rover 4.6 HSE 4WD ($ 68,000), Lexus LX 470 ($ 61,855) and
the Lincoln Blackwood SUV / pickup ($ 52,785).
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Today, Ford Motor Co. is GM's only competitor in the upscale full - sized sport - utility segment with the Lincoln Navigator and the upcoming
Lincoln Blackwood sport - utility pickup, scheduled for the 2002 model year.
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For 2005, Lincoln introduced a second pickup truck model line, the Lincoln Mark LT. Again based on the Ford F - 150 SuperCrew, the design of the Mark LT was partially derived from the poor reception to
the Lincoln Blackwood.
Meanwhile, Ford says it will no longer produce
the Lincoln Blackwood luxury four - door pickups after the current model year.
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That's just six months after the expected arrival of
the Lincoln Blackwood, Ford Motor Co.'s pickup version of the Lincoln Navigator.
Not exact matches
Because Cadillac hopes that once you see the EXT, you'll let the
Blackwood gather dust in
Lincoln showrooms.
Lincoln calls
Blackwood a hybrid sport - ute / truck.
Yet
Blackwood is a full - size
Lincoln Navigator SUV with the rear cargo hold replaced by an enclosed truck bed.
After the first of the year,
Lincoln's first pickup truck, the 2002
Blackwood, lands at dealers.
BLACKWOOD:
Lincoln's first
Lincoln truck since the 1930s has the grille of a Navigator on the body of an F - 150.
A blend of
Lincoln Navigator and Ford F - 150, the
Blackwood featured a two - piece liftgate with doors that swung out from below the power - operated tonneau cover.
According to Automotive News,
Lincoln had expected to sell about 11,000
Blackwoods for the 2002 model year, but has sold only 379 since it went on sale last November.
In 2003,
Lincoln dumped all its unsold
Blackwoods on the Mexican market.
Lincoln also learned the hard way in 2002 with its
Blackwood.